Improved bullet-mold



Y' lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPRovED'BULLET-MOLD.

Specification forming part `of Letters Patent No. 12,774, dated May1,1855.

` To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

. Saline.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ASHTON. of Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedBullet-Mold for Casting Hollow or MinieJ Bullets; and I do hereby`declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ofthis specification, in which Figure l is a longitudinal section of myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of Similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

The nature of my invention consists in forming the mold with a movablecore, arranged as will be presently `shown and described, whereby hollowor Mini bullets may be cast y with the greatest facility and in aperfect Inanwith a shank or handle, C, to the under surface of which athin strip of metal, D, is attached by a pivot, c, so-that said strip Dmay turn thereon. i ,A

To the outer end of the strip D there is attached a conical projection,E, which corresponds in size to the desired opening or cavity Vof thebullets, and around the lower end of the conical projection upon thestrip D there is a circular flange, d, which iits within the lower endof the cavity a. The strip D is allowed some play upon the pivot c.

On the upper end of the piece of metal B there isattached by a pivot, e,a metal strip, F, which has fa `circular aperture, f, made through itsend directly over the opening b. The aperture f is beveled orcountersunk, so

as to form a cutting-edge at its lower part. Thestrip Fis turned so thatthe aperture f is brought directly over the opening '11, and theprojection E is placed within the conical aperture a. The meltedr leadislthen poured through the aperture f and openingjntb the e conicalaperture a till it is filled. f' The strip F is then turned upon thepivot e,..an'd the lower edge of the aperture f wilLcut off thesuperfluous lead above the upper surface of the piece of metal or moldc. 'r-The projection I E is then Withdrawn from the aperture@ bydepressing the end of the strip D J-.it being sufficiently elastic forthat purpose, the bullet being on the projection; or if the bulletremains within the aperture a it is forced therefrom by jarring themold. n

The above improvement is extremely simple, and perfect bullets may becast with rapidity. As the melted lead is poured into the aperture a,the air will escape at the lower part of the aperture, for the iiange dlits only close Jenough to prevent the escape of the lead and not theair. The bullets, therefore, will be perf fectly cast. i

The molds of ordinary construction open longitudinally or lengthwise ofthe aperture, a, and have a permanent or immovable core. No provision ismade for the escape of. air, and consequently, unless the lead is pouredinto the mold cautiously, ther/bullets will be cast of irregular form,technically termed screwsi77 What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, ise Constructing the mold as herein shown anddescribed-viz., having a conical aperture, a, made in a piece of metal,and having a projectiou or core, E, and flange d attached toa metalstrip, D, which is secured to the shank or handle C of the mold by apivot, e, so that said projection or core may be inserted in andwithdrawn from the aperture c, as hereinv shown anddescribed.

VILLIAM ASHTON. Witnesses:

J As. GEO. MASON, J. W. CooMBs.

